From October 15-17, researchers from across Europe - and even as far as Uruguay - gathered in Tallinn, Estonia to meet and share knowledge during the 8th GGP User conference. Cutting-edge work based on GGP data explored topics such as fertility intentions in a changing world, partnership and family dynamics, health and well-being.
The conference opened with a keynote by Dr. Gerda Neyer (Stockholm University), who highlighted the improvements within the GGP as a research infrastructure that were achieved over the years. In her talk, Neyer also pointed to the recently published study profile on the GGP as a key resource to cite for research using GGP data.
Fun fact: did you know that the GGP already exists for 25 years?
The conference programme consisted of six different panel sessions, a flash session on data and methods, a poster fair, and two keynote lectures - all using GGS data. In addition Claudius Garten from the Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) presented the Harmonized Histories dataset at a special booth. This international comparative dataset integrates biographical data from multiple surveys into a single, harmonized format, enabling cross-national research on family and fertility behavior through retrospective questions that reconstruct individual life histories.
